It’s the comfort you feel when you’re surrounded by those you trust and love—like with your sisters, or a mother and daughters, or very close cousins, or even best friends—the ones you can literally ‘let your hair down’ with. You don’t have to fill the spaces or explain yourself. You can just be together, and that, in and of itself, is healing. Because willow flowers resemble small, furry cats, they are sometimes named pussy willows. Willow Tree Identification Seated figure in cream dress, with one arm holding small toddler, other arm around older child standing next to her; toddler and child in cream onesies

The white willow is a medium-sized tree, growing between 32 to 98 ft. (10 – 30 m). Its gray-brown fissured trunk measures up to 3.2 ft. (1 m) in diameter. The majestic willow has thin pointed leaves with whitish-gray undersides. Its fluffy flowers measure 2” (5 cm) long. The hardy willow grows in USDA zones 4 to 8. The purple willow grows around 10 ft. (3 m) tall. The leaves are typical of willow plants—lanceolate in shape and having an elongated look. There are a few unique features of the purple willow. The catkins (flowers) are smaller than most willow plants and are purple or red rather than white or yellow. The white willow is also a type of golden weeping willow tree that is sometimes mistaken for the golden weeping willow ‘Chrysocoma.’ Comparing pictures of both willow species, you will see that the Salix alba ‘Tristis’ has a fatter trunk.Weeping willow trees are also fast-growing with aggressive roots that search out moisture. It isn’t recommended to plant willows near underground lines such as water, gas, or electricity. In this article, you will learn about the many types of willow trees. Pictures of willow trees, descriptions of their features, and their scientific names will help identify different species of willows. Interesting Facts About Weeping Willow Trees Often seen growing alongside rivers, streams, and ponds, the white weeping willow has thin yellow cascading stems. These droop down so much that they almost reach the ground. Its foliage is narrow lance-shaped leaves that turn from bright green to dark green then to golden yellow.

Weeping willows grow exceptionally well in landscapes beside streams, rivers, lakes, and ponds, where they help to stabilize the ground. The scarlet willow is a white willow cultivar that has attractive red stems in the winter. This medium-sized deciduous willow tree can also grow as a stunning multi-stemmed type of landscape shrub.The white weeping willow is a deciduous weeping tree with a stout trunk and drooping branches. The willow tree has pale green leaves, and woolly flowers appear in spring and are 2” (5 cm) long. White weeping willows grow 50 to 70 ft. (15 – 21 m) tall in USDA zones 4 to 8.